Hans-Gert Mahrholz
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)
| Successes 1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,219 GRT |
| Born | 10 Oct 1918 | Kiel | |
| Died | 13 Feb 2012 | (93) | Lübeck, Germany |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-309 | 27 Jan 1943 | Aug, 1944 | 5 patrols (146 days) |
After the war he joined the post-war German Navy, Bundesmarine, and later retired as Fregattenkapitän.
Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.
Patrol info for Hans-Gert Mahrholz
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
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| 1. | U-309 | 26 Aug 1943 | Kiel | 1 Sep 1943 | Bergen | 7 days | ||
| 2. | U-309 | 13 Sep 1943 | Bergen | 18 Sep 1943 | Trondheim | Patrol 1, | 6 days | |
| 3. | U-309 | 25 Sep 1943 | Trondheim | 7 Nov 1943 | Brest | Patrol 1, | 44 days | |
| 4. | U-309 | 19 Dec 1943 | Brest | 14 Feb 1944 | Bordeaux | Patrol 2, | 58 days | |
| 5. | U-309 | 8 Apr 1944 | Bordeaux | 10 Apr 1944 | La Pallice | 3 days | ||
| 6. | U-309 | 20 Jun 1944 | La Pallice | 25 Jun 1944 | Brest | Patrol 3, | 6 days | |
| 7. | U-309 | 28 Jun 1944 | Brest | 6 Jul 1944 | Brest | Patrol 4, | 9 days | |
| 8. | U-309 | 12 Jul 1944 | Brest | 3 Aug 1944 | Brest | Patrol 5, | 23 days | |
| 9. | U-309 | 7 Aug 1944 | Brest | 12 Aug 1944 | La Pallice | 6 days | ||
| 5 patrols, 146 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hans-Gert Mahrholz
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | |||
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| 24 Jul 1944 | U-309 | Samneva (t.) | 7,219 |  | br | FTM-47 | ||
| 7,219 | ||||||||
1 ship sunk (7,219 tons). Legend | ||||||||
About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.
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